Metallic packing for piston and like rods.



' R. COPELAND. METALLIC PAGKING FOR PISTON AND LIKE RODS.

- APPLIUAIION FILED OCT. 14, 1911. 1,034,425.

Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed October 14, 1911. Serial No. 854,631.

TovaZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RIDLEY Cor-ntiAnn, a subject of; the. King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing in Wallse'nd-on-Tyne, 1n

5the county of Northumberland, England,

have invented certain new and useful Imfovements in or Relating to Metallic Packmfi for Piston and Like Rods, of which the f owing is a specification.

) This invention relates to metallic packing for piston and like rods, and has special re erence to packing of the type in which the packing rings, formed in sections and held together by springs which press them against the rod to be packed, are disposed in or between stuffing box rings and in which the fluid pressure .forces the rings axially toward one end of the stuiting box and laterally against the rod, and the invention has for its object to provide an improved packing of this kind and particularly to provide an improved form ofstuifing box ring which will insure a better jolnt between such rings and the packing rings.

According to this invention the stuffing box rings are formed with raised or projecting annular seats against which the segmental packing rings or the clamping or connecting members thereof take a narrow central bearing so as to leave the packing rings free to make a good joint with the adjacent faces of the adjoining stuffing box rings, and said annular seats are provided with extended flanges or rims.

I will fully describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a section through a stuffing box fitted with one form of my improved packing which is shown partly in section and partly in elevation; Fig. 2 is a section of two stuffing box ringsand two packing rings; and Fig. 3 is a plan of one of the packing rings.

Referring to the drawings a is the stuffing box and b the piston or other rod passing therethrough, and c--care packing rings arranged in chambers Zd formed by rings e'e assembled in the stutling box a. The packing rings cc are made in segments secured together by clamping or junction pieces ff and springs 9-9. The clamping or junction pieces ff are of L section, and are arranged at the junctions of the segments of the rings cc with their horizontal components overlapping the upper faces of the ends of the sections, and

the springs q-g are connected to the clampv mg or junction pieces f-f' and press the segments of the rings 0-0 and the inner peripheries of the horizontal components of the pleces ff against the rod 1). The stuiflng box rings e-e are of L- shape in section, but, instead ofthe horizontal flanges or members h-h of the rings being plain ashitherto, the inner or lower faces of the flanges or members are formed with raised or projecting annular seats j-y' having extended flanges or rims kk The clamping or junction pieces f-f of the packing rings cc bear against the annular seats j-j and press the lower faces or ends of the packing rings firmly against the upper faces of the horizontal flanges or members hh of the stufling box rings ee, and the packing rings 0-0 are thus caused to make goo lib joints with the flanges or members All the stuffing box rings may be formed with annular seats j-j, first ring a and the lastring w are of ordinary or plain section. The raised or projecting seats y' -j strengthen the horizontal flanges or members hh of the stutling box rings ee around their inner peripheries and prevent warping of the horizontal flanges or members which sometimes occurs under certain conditions with or plain L-section rin s, further enable the stu ng box rings e@ to be readily withdrawn from the stufling box a by means of a suitable tool having a finger or the like adapted to engage behind the flanges or rims 70-10. a l

The packing rings cc may be of any suitable form or construction that will admit of lateral play or movement of the rod and the seats j--j b, and the rings are preferably made of material that will enable the rings to take advantage of thelubricating properties of the water or moisture condensed on the rod b or in the chambers d-d or ex elled from the cylinder or the like. Any fillld leaking past one of the packing rings 0c flows into the chamber (1 in which the next packing ring is disposed and forces said ring against the rod 6 and also against the upper face of the horizontal flange or member of the adjoining stufling boxv ring 6. The last packing ring may be provided with a beveled face m for removing any condensation but preferably the 1 the ordinary Y the springs gg he.

g is a ring of copper or other soft metal wire arranged between the neck bush r and the first stufling box ring 2), and s is a similar soft metal ring arranged between a closing ring if and the gland u.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In metallic packing for piston and like rods, the combination of a segmental packing ring fitted around and adapted to embrace the rod to be packed, a stufiingbox ring of L-shape in section inclosing said packlng ring, a ralsed or pro ect1ng annular seat on the transverse or horizontal mem-.

her or flange of said stuffing-box ring against which said packmg ring bears, and

an extended flange or rim on said annular seat.

2. In metallic packing for piston and like rods, the combination of a plurality of stufling-box rings of L-shape in section, a

segmental packing ring disposed in each of the chambers formed by said stuifing-box rin and fitted around and adapted to embrace the rod to be packed, a raised or projecting annular seat on the inner face of the transverse or horizontal member or flange of each of said st-ufling-box rings for the packing ring inclosed therein, a seat on the outer face of each of said transverse or horizontal members or flanges for the packing ring inclosed within the adjoining stuffing-box ring and an extended flange or rim on each of said annular seats.

3. In metallic packing for piston and like rods a stuffing box ring inclosing a packing ring and comprising the combination of a vertical or axial flange or member, a horizontal or transverse flange or member, a raised or projecting annular seat on said horizontal or transverse flange or member, and an ex tended flange or rim on said annular seat.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' RIDLEY COPELAND.

Witnesses: I

EDMUND Warn) PA'r'msoN, HERBERT HOWARD. 

